REPORT: Star Wars Is Almost Ready For A New Han Solo

<p>What do you get when you find Jack Reynor&comma; Taron Egerton&comma; and Alden Ehrenreich in a room&quest; Well before today&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;d get a group of &lpar;mostly&rpar; great actors&comma; but now you have the shortlist of actors in the running to play Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff&period;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;heat-vision&sol;disneys-young-han-solo-search-875784">The Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a> reportedly knows about the shortlist for the iconic character originally played by Harrison Ford&period; Phil Lord and Chris Miller&comma; the directing team behind <i>The Lego Movie<&sol;i> and <i>21 &amp&semi; 22 Jump Street<&sol;i>&comma; are set to direct the &&num;8220&semi;solo&&num;8221&semi; film from the ever growing Star Wars franchise&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s up to see whether or not the duo can bring their signature humor to the film from a screenplay by Lawrence &amp&semi; Jon Kasdan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shooting is expected to begin in early 2017&comma; so the announcement of the actor to play him should come within the next few months&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm5473782&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Taron Egerton<&sol;a>&comma; known for his role in <i>Kingsman&colon; The Secret Service<&sol;i>&comma; was a lot of fun in the spy flick as well as being entertaining in the mediocre&comma; Legend&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm2403277&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Alden Ehrenreich<&sol;a> was absolutely fantastic in this year&&num;8217&semi;s <i>Hail&comma; Caesar&excl;<&sol;i> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm2930503&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Jack Reynor<&sol;a> is the only worrying cast member coming off of <i>Transformers&colon; Age of Extinction<&sol;i> and a fairly mute part in Justin Kurzel&&num;8217&semi;s <i>Macbeth<&sol;i>&period; No matter who is chosen&comma; there will be a lot of controversy&comma; so this will be a story to keep your eyes on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Young Han Solo spin off is set to be released May 25th 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;heat-vision&sol;disneys-young-han-solo-search-875784">The Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;